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ERIC Number: EJ244628
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Apr
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The Meaningful Learning of Intellectual Skills: An Application of Ausubel's Subsumption Theory to the Domain of Intellectual Skills Learning.
West, Leo H. T.; Kellett, Natalie C.
Science Education, v65 n2 p207-19 Apr 1981
Tests the applicability of Ausubel's theory to the meaningful learning of intellectual skills. Results of three studies of high school students indicate that advance organizers enhance learning of skills related to solubility product problems. This effect was removed if prior teaching in relevant background knowledge was included. (Author/WB)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Problem Solving, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Skill Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; David P Ausubel; Science Education Research